AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 32MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +55%

2059

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1324

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +290%

38165

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9770

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +73%

3068

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +183%

21409

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7554

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +66%

2232

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1339

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +219%

24244

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7577

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +56%

4286

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

2740

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +240%

62987

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

18504

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Jul 2020

Amd

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

AM5

Socket

AM4

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AM5

Socket

AM4

170 W

Power Consumption

95 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

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